Lest we forget : MCMXIX-MCMXVIII : portrait drawings
A 1919 commemorative book of portrait drawings of soldiers from the First World War, made by the artist John Elliott and published in New York as a memorial for those who served. Its pictures are soft sepia pencil or chalk portraits of young men in uniform and caps, with light, unfinished edges that suggest a memorial tribute. A designer might borrow the warm tonal palette and the vignetted head-and-shoulders framing for nostalgic or commemorative layouts.
